Pea Soup with Cheese
A simple, affordable everyday dish. Pea soup with cheese is a great option for a casual family meal. It's easy to make, doesn't call for pricey ingredients, and leaves plenty of room to experiment with different add-ins. The cheese gives the soup a mellow flavor and a subtle creamy or smoky note, depending on the type you use.
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Pea Soup with Cheese
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 29 %
4 g
Fats 7 %
1 g
Carbohydrates 64 %
9 g
62 kcal
GI:
100
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0
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0
- Even the simplest pea soup can be dressed up with little touches for a special, distinctive flavor. That might be garam masala with grated ginger for an Indian spin, or a heartier mushroom version with noodles. Pea soup with cheese has a pleasant creamy taste, and with smoked processed cheese there's a gentle smokiness too. To play up that smoky aroma, add a bit of smoked suluguni. Depending on the cheese, it may melt away completely into the soup, partly, or stay in distinct pieces. Start with the base of a standard pea soup by cooking the peas down: cover the peas with boiling water, add a bay leaf and a little salt. A pinch of ground cinnamon and a splash of oil help keep the foam down. Once the peas come to a boil, skim off the foam and simmer over low heat until they break down completely. Shortly before the end, add the carrot, peeled and grated on the coarse side of a grater, plus spices to taste. If you like, round out the soup with potatoes and sautéed onion. At the very end, add the soft cheese (processed or sausage cheese), cut into small thin slices (or grate it on the coarse side of a grater). Simmer for three or four minutes. Stir and serve right away in warm bowls, garnished with fresh herbs. As it sits, the soup thickens and becomes more gel-like. Serve it with a dollop of sour cream and croutons or crunchy bread crisps.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Dried green peas, unboiled whole - 340 kcal/100g
- Crushed raw peas without seed coating - 348 kcal/100g
- Crushed boiled peas - 115 kcal/100g
- Turkish peas, dried, uncooked - 360 kcal/100g
- Dried, uncooked cow peas - 343 kcal/100g
- Dried boiled cow peas - 76 kcal/100g
- Dried peas - 322 kcal/100g
- Peas - 298 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Spices dry - 240 kcal/100g
- Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41 kcal/100g
- Greenery - 41 kcal/100g
- Sausage cheese - 268 kcal/100g
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